> In this and my previous $dayjob I've had some degree of responsibility > for a range of NetApp filers or similar devices from other vendors with > fiber channel, SCSI and SATA disks in various configurations. The > failure rate of the SATA disks far outweighs the rates of the others. > > That said, the way the arrays are put together in many cases the first > evidence of a drive failure is a box arriving from the vendor with a > replacement, or a phone call from their tech support to tell us. Ah, the > joys of enterprise support contracts :) > >
indeed - netapps or EMC's phoning home is 'nice' although i would never rely on that alone. Personally hardware monitoring in house is an absolute must, i'd rather not rely on someone telling me something is broken. -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
